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8:45 AM ET, April 17, 2023

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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Clarence Thomas's Disclosures  —  He reported carefully on his inherited real estate.  ProPublica's reporting was slipshod and incurious.  —  Clarence Thomas lost his beloved maternal grandparents barely a month apart in the spring of 1983.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Clarence Thomas to amend financial disclosure forms to reflect sale to GOP megadonor  —  Justice Clarence Thomas intends to amend his financial disclosure forms to reflect a 2014 real estate deal he made with a GOP megadonor - an acknowledgment that the transaction should have been disclosed almost …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:   Clarence Thomas's problems are also a John Roberts problem
Cheryl Hall / Dallas Morning News:
Harlan Crow: There's nothing wrong with my friendship with Clarence Thomas
Discussion: Daily Camera and Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: No GOP favors for Feinstein
Discussion: Washington Post
Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
A Special Counsel must be appointed to investigate Clarence Thomas
Discussion: Insider
Philip Allen Lacovara / The Hill:
Clarence Thomas should follow the Abe Fortas precedent and resign gracefully
Discussion: Washington Post and Twitchy
Wall Street Journal:
Fox News, Dominion Prepare for Battle in $1.6 Billion Defamation Trial  —  Jury set to consider if network is liable for broadcasting false election-fraud claims; Fox is pushing to settle dispute  —  Fox News is set to find itself Monday in a place it has spent two years trying to avoid …
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Washington Post:
Dominion v. Fox trial delayed for settlement talks, people familiar with the matter say  —  Two people familiar with the case said the sides are scheduled to meet Monday to determine if a last-minute deal can be brokered  —  The beginning of the much-anticipated defamation case between …
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Start of trial in Dominion lawsuit against Fox News delayed  —  The trial start was moved from Monday to Tuesday, the Delaware Superior Court said.  Dominion is suing Fox News for saying its voting machines rigged the 2020 election.  —  The start of the trial in Dominion Voting Systems' civil lawsuit …
Discussion: UPI, Associated Press and CBS News
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Russia sentences Kara-Murza, Putin critic and Post contributor, to 25 years  —  RIGA, Latvia — A Russian court sentenced Vladimir Kara-Murza, a longtime opposition politician and Washington Post Opinions contributor, to 25 years in prison on Monday on charges of treason for criticizing Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Sky News:   Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition leader jailed for 25 years after treason conviction
Kathryn Armstrong / BBC:   Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years
Wall Street Journal:
Social-Media Account Overseen by Former Navy Noncommissioned Officer Helped Spread Secrets  —  An American administrator of the Donbas Girl blogger network uses a pro-Russian persona across online platforms  —  A social-media account overseen by a former U.S. Navy noncommissioned officer …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Pentagon leak promoted by pro-Russian network run by former Navy noncommissioned officer on US soil  —  The Wall Street Journal revealed that one of the people that helped promote and spread the leaked Pentagon documents was a former Navy noncommissioned officer on U.S. soil who developed a pro-Russia network on social media.
Discussion: Just Security
Malcontent News:   A Russian Disinformation Empire in Oak Harbor, Washington
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Doug Sosnik / New York Times:   The ‘Diploma Divide’ Is the New Fault Line in American Politics
New York Times:
Why Joe Biden Has Slow-Walked His Way to a 2024 Run
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
KC Defender / Kansas City Defender:
“This Is A Hate Crime”: Kansas City Black Family Demanding Justice After A White Man Shoots Black Boy, Ralph Yarl, In The Head Twice For Ringing Doorbell Of The Wrong Home, White Man Released By Police Hours Later  —  Community members are demanding justice after a white man in Kansas City shot a black boy …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
McCarthy's pitch to shrink food aid drawing skepticism from fellow Republicans  —  The House Speaker will propose new restrictions on the nutrition program formerly known as food stamps as part of House Republicans' debt limit negotiations with the White House.
Discussion: Raw Story, Reuters and Alternet.org
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Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:   Iowa to spend millions kicking families off food stamps. More states may follow.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
How Jim Jordan, a Fighter Aligned With Trump, Wrestled His Way to Power  —  The Ohio Republican defines himself by his penchant for punching back, whether against allegations that he was derelict in a sex abuse scandal or attempts to prosecute the former president.
MSN:
Republican state officials in Louisiana ask lawmakers to ban the study of racism at universities, citing divisive ‘inglorious aspects’ of US history  —  kbalevic@insider.com (Katie Balevic)  — The Louisiana GOP wants to prohibit the study of racism at state colleges and universities.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Meet the Murdochs' newest star  —  Writing the house biography of Tucker Carlson is the sort of challenge that could make even the most loyal News Corp. hand a little nervous.  Carlson is Fox News's franchise player, but he's also a skilled political operator who has managed to keep both Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch at bay.
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
Why GOP culture warriors lost big in school board races this month  —  “Don't assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said.  —  Amid all the attention on this month's elections in Wisconsin and Illinois …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Sexton responds, constituents call for resignation  —  On Thursday, Popular Information reported that Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) secretly purchased a $600,000 home in Nashville.  Sexton and his family live in the Nashville home year-round, raising questions about whether Sexton …
Punchbowl News:
4/17/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  Happy Monday morning from Washington and New York. … McCarthy will be speaking about the debt limit, government funding and his desire to reach a deal with President Joe Biden to cut spending. … And there's an enormous amount to do.
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
 
 
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FOX 32 Chicago:
Hundreds of teenagers flood into downtown Chicago, smashing car windows, prompting police response
Jonathan Turley / New York Post:
Disney's financial fairy tale in Florida is coming to an end thanks to Ron DeSantis
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
DA's Secret Weapon May Be Lawyer Who's Dogged Trump for Years
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
VP Harris serves as top White House messenger on abortion fight amid renewed fight over access
Myah Ward / Politico:
Washington used to abhor talking about mental health. No more.
Discussion: NewsNation
David McCloskey / Financial Times:
Russia's myth-making in Syria was a template for the horrors in Ukraine
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
 Earlier Items: 
Financial Times:
US manufacturing commitments double after Biden subsidies launched
Discussion: Axios
Anshel Pfeffer / Haaretz:
Will Moody's Downgraded Outlook for Israel Finally End Netanyahu's Judicial Overhaul?
PTI / The Hindu:
‘Unbelievable, visionary’: U.S. Commerce Secretary Raimondo recounts her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Discussion: NDTV
Matthew Sheffield / Flux:
Most movements to make political change fail, what do the ones that succeed have in common?
Montgomery Advertiser:
At least four dead in mass shooting at teen's birthday party in Dadeville
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: DeSantis super PAC strafes Trump in first TV ad
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Texas' AG opens a probe into the World Federation of Advertisers to find if it conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms”; X sued the WFA in August

 
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